TECNICAL ASSISTANT IN CRIMINAL PROCEDURE: LEGISLATIVE AND DOCTRINAL QUESTIONS

Abstract

This article has the objective to analyze controversial aspects relating to expert evidence in criminal proceedings, especially about differences between the expert's figure and his assistant. The assistant is an innovation brought to the code by Law n. 11.690 of 2008, which gave rise to one more of the many partial reforms already suffered by the diploma. The aim is also to clarify the contradictory possibilities in expert proof produced during the investigation and in the criminal proceedings. Finally, there is a brief analysis of comparative law between Brazil, Chile and Italy. The methodology used is literature, legislative and jurisprudential research.

Keywords

• expert proof
• technical assistant
• contradictory
• police investigation